“The idea came to me in June of last year, during the time of
the French campaign, while visiting the Führer....”
I believe I may omit the following incidental remarks and continue
quoting further:
“I must admit that I came to the Führer convinced, as we all
were, that sooner or later in the end we would surely conquer
England, and I expressed the opinion to the Führer that we must
naturally demand from England the restitution of property—such
as the equivalent of our merchant fleet, _et cetera_—which had
been taken from us by the Versailles Treaty.”